Updated : 04/22/2024
Overview
Glen Echo, MD, adopted building codes of Montgomery Count. Glen Echo, MD, Ordinance to Amend the Town of Glen Echo Code § 3.1 (adopted and amended). Since Montgomery County adopted the 2012 IRC and IBC, Glen Echo likewise adopted the 2012 IRC and IBC along with the county's amendments. See PLRB Montgomery County, MD, Building Codes.
Helpful resources for Glen Echo, Maryland include the following.
Residential Building Code
Maryland adopted a model state residential code but it is not in force unless adopted locally.See PLRB,
Maryland Building Codes for more information on state level codes.
Glen Echo adopted the 2012 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the model code here.
You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Comments
Glen Echo, MD, adopted building codes of Montgomery Count. Glen Echo, MD, Ordinance to Amend the Town of Glen Echo Code § 3.1 (adopted and amended). Since Montgomery County adopted the 2012 IRC and IBC, Glen Echo likewise adopted the 2012 IRC and IBC along with the county's amendments. See PLRB Montgomery County, MD, Building Codes.
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Existing Buildings
Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of
construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Commercial Building Code
Glen Echo adopted the 2012 IBC, statewide with limitations. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.
You can find a copy of the code
here.You can find information about amendments to the model code
here.
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Comments
Glen Echo, MD, adopted building codes of Montgomery Count. Glen Echo, MD, Ordinance to Amend the Town of Glen Echo Code § 3.1 (adopted and amended). Since Montgomery County adopted the 2012 IRC and IBC, Glen Echo likewise adopted the 2012 IRC and IBC along with the county's amendments. See PLRB Montgomery County, MD, Building Codes.
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Existing Buildings
Please see the Montgomery County materials for more information.
Other Building Codes
adopt the 2012 editions of the IBC, the IECC, the IFGC, the IMC, and the IRC with amendments necessary to achieve uniformity and consistency with Maryland and Montgomery County laws and ordinances, as well as department/division policies and procedures. Where this regulation differs from the Montgomery County Fire Safety Code it does not preempt or negate any more restrictive provisions of that code.